XV Lidar Controller v1.2 (Kit)

Description

This is as close to plug and play as you can get with interfacing the Neato XV Lidar. The board connects directly to the Neato XV Lidar, receives the serial data from the XV Lidar, controls of the rotation speed with a PID loop by reading the the RPM data embedded in the stream and relays all the Lidar data through the USB connection for an upstream host device (PC, BeagleBone, Raspberry Pi, etc.) for interpolation of the data.

Dimension 1 x 1.75 in (25.4 x 44.45 mm)

Hardware Requirements

Neato XV Lidar – Available on eBay

Open Source Software

The Teensy comes pre-programmed, but you are able to customize and build from source.